FMNH 129551.nosub[2]

  • 129551 Olel libon or Olel, earrings
    Photographer: Alpha Sadcopen : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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    Creator: Sarah Carlson : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
    Transcriber: Etta E. McKenna : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
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    Description: scan of catalog card [FRONT] [MAIN BODY] Field Museum of Natural History. | [Field Museum Subject Code written in red] 34-46 | Country: Philippine Islands. | Locality: South Central Mindanao. | People: Bila-an. Stock. | Name: Olel lībon (or Olel):- Woman's ear plugs. Made of wood covered with red cloth. Incised brass fronts. Beaded chains pass from plugs under the chin. | Collection: R.F. Cummings Philippine Expedition, 1909-1911. F.C. Cole, Collector. | Notes: | Width: | Length: | Height: | Price: [Philippine peso symbol] .60 | [LEFT MARGIN] A | 129551 | ENT | (1667) | Acc. 1139 ["1115" crossed out] | L | [ILLUSTRATION] | [ILLUSTRATION NOTATION] | [BACK] |
Catalog Number: 129551.nosub[2]
Description: earrings
Materials: wood, cloth, beads, metal; brass
Cultural Attribution: Blaan
Accession Number: [1139] Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Manobo, Bilaan, and Divavaan Mandaya (Expedition)
Accession Year: 1911
Other Numbers: 1667
Collector/Source: Fifth R.F. Cummings Ethnological Expedition to Philippines Islands - ethnology - Manobo, Bilaan, and Divavaan Mandaya, Dr. Fay-Cooper Cole : Field Museum of Natural History - Anthropology
EMu IRN: 1031024
GUID: 1144d353-cf64-4342-b206-630904248d4b

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